Read decimal, string and char from a file using FileStream and StreamReader : StreamReader : File Directory Stream C# Examples

    
using  System;
using  System.IO;
using  System.Text;

static  class  MainClass
{
        static  void  Main()
        {
                //  Create  a  new  file.
                using  (FileStream  fs  =  new  FileStream("test.txt",  FileMode.Create))
                {
                        using  (StreamWriter  w  =  new  StreamWriter(fs,  Encoding.UTF8))
                        {
                                //  Write  a  decimal,  string,  and  char.
                                w.WriteLine(124.23M);
                                w.WriteLine("Test  string");
                                w.WriteLine('A');
                        }
                }


                //  Open  the  file  in  read-only  mode.
                using  (FileStream  fs  =  new  FileStream("test.txt",  FileMode.Open))
                {
                        using  (StreamReader  r  =  new  StreamReader(fs,  Encoding.UTF8))
                        {
                                //  Read  the  data  and  convert  it  to  the  appropriate  data  type.
                                Console.WriteLine(Decimal.Parse(r.ReadLine()));
                                Console.WriteLine(r.ReadLine());
                                Console.WriteLine(Char.Parse(r.ReadLine()));
                        }
                }

        }
}